Reports indicate that Nikon has dislodged Canon from the top slot of the DSLR market. Market research firm BCN Ranking of Japan reported that Nikon showed strong sales growth with its D80, D40 and D200 digital SLR cameras, toppling Canon from its long-time position at the top of the DSLR sector. However, the top seller …
Monthly Archives: December 2006
New Samsung D103 Compact Has 10 Megapixels
The Samsung D103 compact digital camera too wants to make it under your Christmas tree in time for the holidays. This small point-and-shoot camera has a whopping 10.1 megapixels of resolution; no more optical viewfinder, but it has a large 2.5-inch LCD screen on which to frame and view your shots. The Digimax D103 supports …
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Japanese Camera Makers Update Firmware
Pentax, Canon, and Olympus have simultaneously released firmware updates for several models of their cameras to address various issues. Pentax’s firmware update expands support for additional SDHC memory cards for six of their DSLRs: the K100D, K110D, *ist DL2, *ist DS2, *ist DL and *ist DS. For its part, Canon released Firmware 1.1.6 for the …
Polar Rose Searches the Web of Photos
Polar Rose is a Web application that claims to distinctly recognize a face in photos almost like how a human being recognizes a face that it sees. In short, face recognition not in the sense that those Fuji cameras recognize faces to focus on, but face recognition in the sense of “this is Bill’s face, …
Snapfire Plus Adds Corel Snapfire DVD Maker
Corel Corporation has announced its Snapfire DVD Maker, the first add-on for their new Corel Snapfire Plus digital camera software. Corel Snapfire DVD Maker claims to make it easier than ever to turn fun and creative slide shows of your photos and videos into DVDs and play them back for friends and family on television …
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Digital Foci Image Moments Photo Frame
Digital Foci Inc. wants to make it to your Christmas wish list, so the company says they are now shipping their new Image Moments Model IMT-081 photo frame, that lets you display and share photos directly from digital camera memory cards at home or at the office on a selection of interchangeable picture frames. The …
AIRC Launches Studio Lighting Basics Series
The Adorama Imaging Resource Center (AIRC) launched today its Studio Lighting Basics series of how-to articles, designed help aspiring studio photographers decide which lighting gear best serves their needs. Its first installment is the article “What Are Monolights?†by veteran photographer Joe Farace. In the article, Farace essays the benefits of these self-contained studio flash …
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LaserSoft Imaging Releases SilverFast 6.5
SilverFast 6.5 is a scanning software that now features High Dynamic Range Imaging that now recognizes and enhances even the most subtle nuances in both shadow and highlight areas. LaserSoft Imaging said the SilverFast multi-exposure function is based on the principle of its unique multi-sampling feature (multiple scan) with auto-alignment, scanning the picture several times …
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Bruce Fraser: 1954-2006
Bruce Fraser was no ordinary imaging guru. He wrote many books on digital imaging and color management, including how-to books on digital imaging for the Real World Adobe Photoshop series. His influence left an indelible mark in the industry. He died December 16, 2006 after months of battling lung cancer. He was 52. Fraser’s fellow …
Proxel Lens Corrector for Mac OS X
There is now a Mac OS version of Proxel Lens Corrector 1.1, a Photoshop plugin that corrects lens distortions – barrel, pin cushion, fisheye, translation or a combination of all. The plug-in is very useful for point-and-shoot cameras as the zoom lenses on those cameras always have distortion, mostly visible in the wide angle setting. …